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08-06-2008, 08:19 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tennessee
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| | | Why would BG go up from one hr pp to 2 hrs pp
Ok, my BGs have been very weird the past few days. I had a low of 69 yesterday. Tonight I felt weird and couldn't eat much dinner. One hour pp I was 85, then expecting it to be even lower at 2 hours pp, I was 105. Why would it go higher when I didn't eat much instead of going lower?
I've been Type2 for nearly 5 years now and I'm more confused than ever. *sigh*
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Type 2 - Dx 9/11/03 - A1c 8.3
2/01/08 - A1c 6.3
4/01/08 - A1c 5.9 
7/25/08 - A1c 5.9
Current Meds - Janumet 50/1000 2x daily
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08-06-2008, 08:23 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 2,169
| | What did you eat Kim? For example: foods higher in fat and/or protein can take longer to be digested.
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Pumping since April 2004. VSG 20th October 2008 Obesity and Type 2 are strongly associated. Most people assume that Obesity is the cause and Diabetes the effect. It is equally valid to suggest that the underlying metabolic disorder which leads to the Type 2 causes the Obesity. |
08-06-2008, 08:56 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tennessee
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Originally Posted by fgummett  What did you eat Kim? For example: foods higher in fat and/or protein can take longer to be digested. | I mostly only ate some pork chop and a few kidney type beans. Both are high in protein, so I'm going with what you said!
Basically, I have really screwed up my diet the past couple of months. Skipping / missing meals, eating candy bars  and not exercising. Then I "wonder" why I feel bad and have weird BG readings!?  You would think that after being diagnosed for nearly 5 years, that I would realize what is "wrong". I guess it's just that I had been "good" for so long that I didn't remember how AWFUL being "bad" could make me feel!
So, let this be a lesson to myself and anyone else who has "forgotten" what poor control can feel like! 
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Type 2 - Dx 9/11/03 - A1c 8.3
2/01/08 - A1c 6.3
4/01/08 - A1c 5.9
7/25/08 - A1c 5.9
Current Meds - Janumet 50/1000 2x daily
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08-06-2008, 09:01 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,113
| | | For the scientific members: do type 2's like Kim need to eat some carbs to trigger an insulin response?
Also consider meter variances. 85 & 105 are plausibly the same value. I might have checked again. |
08-06-2008, 09:02 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007
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| | | Not eating can kick in you BG to rise so that is one of the reason for eating several times a day.
The days where I have been the busiest and eaten the least have been my highest days
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08-06-2008, 09:38 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greater San Diego area
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| | | Beans are starchy. The fat in your pork chops may have delayed their effect on your blood sugar.
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A1c 05/08: 6.0
A1c 11/08: 5.5
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08-07-2008, 12:53 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France
Posts: 803
| | approx 15gm carb/100 grams but low GI so any effect would be delayed even without the pork chop.
But, there is only a 20mg/dl rise, much of which could be accounted for by the meter. ( yesterday I had the same variation between fingers) |
08-07-2008, 01:11 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 937
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Originally Posted by volleyball Not eating can kick in you BG to rise so that is one of the reason for eating several times a day.
The days where I have been the busiest and eaten the least have been my highest days | the days when i am busiest, eaten sporadically, commuted from one customer site to another (etc) are the days when i am LOWEST.
i often get home at the end of one of these long days to find i am 65-75 mg/dl (3.6-4.2 mmol/l).
-- Joel.
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Diagnosed: July, 2007
HbA1c's
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early Sept 2007: 8.0%
early Dec 2007: 5.9%
early Jun 2008: 6.4%
triglycerides: 71 (0.8)
HDL chol: 50 (1.2)
LDL chol: 15 (0.4)
Lantus 9u AM, 9u PM (still tuning)
Novorapid Flexpen for meals
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08-07-2008, 02:14 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Do Dah, OZ, aka Kansas
Posts: 4,635
| | | Being physically active after a meal may or may not have an affect on your digestion, but it can a have definite affect on bg levels. The only problem I found is it's impossible to know if they will be high or low. With the same meal from one day to the next I may see a 70 point spread with different or the same activity level. |
08-07-2008, 09:08 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alabama
Posts: 906
| | | I've found that moderate activity, like a 20-minute walk, can lower my BG up to 30 points. Walking has never raised my BG. I don't know about other activity, though.
When I feel tempted to go off the rails for a while, I'm coming back to this thread for Kim's comment: "I didn't remember how AWFUL being "bad" could make me feel!" Hopefully, that will be a reminder to me to behave myself. LOL.
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A1C, 5-1-08: 5.6!! 
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08-07-2008, 03:23 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 678
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Originally Posted by Scrabblechick I've found that moderate activity, like a 20-minute walk, can lower my BG up to 30 points. Walking has never raised my BG. I don't know about other activity, though.
When I feel tempted to go off the rails for a while, I'm coming back to this thread for Kim's comment: "I didn't remember how AWFUL being "bad" could make me feel!" Hopefully, that will be a reminder to me to behave myself. LOL. |
Oh, it's the truth for sure! It's amazing what a difference it makes when you go back to your bad ways!!! It reminded me quickly that I have a real disease, something that isn't going away. 
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Type 2 - Dx 9/11/03 - A1c 8.3
2/01/08 - A1c 6.3
4/01/08 - A1c 5.9
7/25/08 - A1c 5.9
Current Meds - Janumet 50/1000 2x daily
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08-08-2008, 12:49 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 412
| | Hey Kim,
My numbers sometimes don't hit their highest until 3 hours after a meal. I have quite an issue with "delayed stomach emptying". Proteins also can raise my BG if I don't eat a little carb with my meal. Essentially, I eat a little bit of carbs at each meal - without them, my liver thinks I'm starving my body and will dump glucose into my system. My BG tests higher without a little carbohydrate then with some.
Good luck - really just remember, our bodies don't react the same way, every day with the big D. Trial and error, with lots of patience is needed!
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Metformin 1,000mg 2x's daily
4U Levemir at breakfast
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Atenolol 25mg Lisinopril 10mg
Lipitor 40mg Plavix 75mg
Asprin 81mg - 9.5 HbA1c March 2008
- 6.7 HbA1c June 2008
- 5.9 HbA1c September 2008
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08-12-2008, 03:39 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas, USA
Posts: 32
| | | Couldn't it be her liver, releasing energy (glucose) in response to her low BG? Just a thought.
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